Improvement in oar-locks



ilnitmlA gitanas WILLIAM E.' BEMAN, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

Lenen Patent No. 91,817, dared Jmw 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN OAR-LOUKS.

The Schedule referred vto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BEMAN, of' Portland, in the county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improved Row-Lock; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whiohy Figure 1 is a side view of my invention, showing the row-lock in position, and also, in dotted lines, the same when turned down.

Figure 2 is a detail, -showing the pin, the collar, and

the pivots ofthe same., The purpose of my invention is to provide a rowlock, or oar-lock, which, when not in use, can be turned or thrown down under the rail or on the inside of the gunwale of the boat, and which can still be placed erect and held firmly for use.

In the drawingsa shows the rail of theboat.

In this is the mortise or recess b, into which fits the pin c of the oar-lock.

rl shows the oar-lock.

The pin c passes down into the collar e. This co1- A piece, h, is attached to the collar, to fill the space t', and make it smooth and even. N

j is a piece attached to tho inside ofthe rail.

At lo it is slotted, to allow the movement of the thumb-piece Z.

m is a slide, running under one part of the piece j, and kept by the spring n always pressed out over the space i at the top, thus conning the oar-look in place when in position for use.

Byv drawingthis yslide m back, by means of thel thumb-piece Z, the oar-lock can be turned down inside the gunrwale, out of the way, and f1-ee from liability of injury.

By throwing it back again, the oar-lock can be raised and put in position, and there fastened, by allowing the slidevto slip past the piu c. i

A pin, p, in the lower end of the stock of the 'oarlock, prevents it from being pulled or pushed up,and thrown out.

The slide m, ou its outer end, enters a small niche under the other part of the piece j, to make it firm, and aiiorda secure fastening to the oar-lock.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to securex by Letters Patent, ilsi The combination, with the oar-lock, of the pivoted collar e, slide '1n-nl, slotted piece j, and recess or mortise b, as hereinset forth.

WILLIAM E; BEMAN.

Witnesses:

HENRY O. HOUSTON, WM. FRANKLIN SEAVEY. 

